Hearing this, Su Ya, the younger sister, found it reasonable and put away the jade earrings before following everyone to the dining room.
The family banquet soon began, with Su Hong appearing very enthusiastic, constantly toasting and chatting happily with Xu Fei.
The attention of the Su sisters, however, was focused on the delicious dishes on the table.
Before long, the time reached midnight, and the lively banquet gradually came to an end.
As the Su sisters left to rest, Xu Fei’s expression changed, and he turned to the patriarch, Su Hong.
“Since we’ve known each other, Master Su, do you think I’ve been wholeheartedly devoted to the Su family?”
Not understanding the intent behind Xu Fei’s words and wary of offending him, Su Hong quickly nodded in praise.
“Do I even need to say? Of course, I do! In all my years in the business world, among the young people I’ve met, you’re the most outstanding talent!”
Hearing Su Hong’s praise, Xu Fei gave a faint smile, but his expression and tone soon turned sharp.
“Then why would you harm Su Yu’s sister? You must know the secret behind that pair of jade earrings!”
“Su Ya is your own daughter, too. What’s your goal in using such a cruel method?”
After saying this, Xu Fei unceremoniously threw the unclaimed rosewood box onto the ground, shattering it into two pieces.
Seeing the jade earrings, now broken on the floor, Su Hong trembled as he spoke.
“You… Could it really be, as the people in the organisation said, that you can tell something’s wrong with these earrings just by looking at them?”
Xu Fei hadn’t expected that, despite breaking the earrings, Su Hong didn’t lose his temper; instead, he seemed to have some hidden difficulty.
Originally, Xu Fei thought Su Hong’s gift was given with genuine affection.
But when the jade earrings were presented, Xu Fei immediately sensed something was off.
Upon activating his X-ray vision, Xu Fei discovered that the earrings were entwined with countless strands of murky true qi, making them an extremely malevolent object.
As the owner of the item, Su Hong must have been fully aware of this.
For a fine pair of jade earrings to become such a sinister object, it could only mean they were unearthed through tomb raiding!
Xu Fei wasn’t lying when he accused Su Hong of trying to harm his own daughter. If he hadn’t intervened, Su Ya would have become a natural vessel for absorbing the murky true qi.
Once she had absorbed the vast amount of murky qi, the eruption would have been so deadly that not even a god could save her life.
“You guessed right, I do have some kind of special ability. But if you don’t give me a proper explanation for this today, the consequences will be severe!”
As Xu Fei spoke, the true qi within him surged uncontrollably, releasing a powerful pressure that instantly shattered all the bottles and jars in the study.
Seeing this, Su Hong was clearly intimidated and, with a sigh, began to reveal the truth to Xu Fei.
When Su Hong was young, before he became the jade king, he lived in poverty, and no matter how hard he tried, nothing worked.
His rise to becoming one of the top jade magnates in the capital was precisely because of a tomb-raiding incident he was involved in years ago.
In his youth, desperate for money, Su Hong was reckless, earning him the nickname “Bold Su.”
One day, a mysterious person visited him, telling Su Hong that if he was willing, they could take him to a deal that would bring immense profits.
Driven mad by poverty, Su Hong agreed without hesitation, not even asking for details.
By the time he reached the destination, it was too late to back out.
Su Hong never imagined that the so-called lucrative deal was the despised trade of tomb raiding!
